5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

mcculloch29

Hello all. I'm checking in, difficult to focus on pleasures at the moment, but a good platonic male friend came round today to help me to declutter in the kitchen as part of an ongoing house decluttering.
Which we did. Half-term, so he's off work, and I was so grateful.

When someone is standing alongside you, you see old things with new eyes, don't you- how worn and shabby my old small baking trays were - why was I keeping them when I had bought a new large one to use instead? Why had five aluminium meat trays somehow sneaked in?
I tried the 'love it or use it' train of thought from Kon-Mari and much went as a result.
I have a mandoline that I sliced my finger open on the first time I used it, ouch, - and I have a food processor now, yet I still found the mandoline in the cupboard..why?! I swore it went in a previous declutter but apparently not.

Though I'm a bit weighed down, a blog post put it in to context, with a family who have lost a husband and father so suddenly. 'He never came home.' Words to hit the hardest of hearts.

Today, Wednesday, was the 2nd anniversary of the death of a close friend - though that is not related to current issues, still a day to reflect and remember a person to whom I owe so much.

villagelife

mcculloch29 - hugs being sent your way. Well done on decluttering the kitchen and it is definately easier with someone else with you.

1. Work was really busy so could keep out of bosses way. Had a chat with a colleague who I rarely see who finds situation as difficult as I do. Its good to share the problems.

2. Tea cooked when I arrived home, Pork stew from the slow cooker and enough left for the freezer.

3. DS1 had received email that he had failed to hand in course work on time on Tuesday, his paperwork said it had to be handed in Thursday. He was worried that the mark would be capped at 40%. After speaking to relevant people it was agreed that he hadn't handed in late.

4. Watching my chickens getting ready to put themselves to bed.

5. Admiring my flowers.

mhagster

It's Thursday evening, it's been a very hot day ( no cooler weather until Tuesday ) aircon is blasting at me as I type this. About to go and make some food for my children, I'm thinking French toast.

So for today, a bad dream and an alarm going off at the same time don't make a great start to the day , however, it fairly got the heart pumping!
It was still dark when I walked up to the train station this morning. But the streets were quiet ( in my town) and hey! It was Thursday, day number 6 in a row and the last one at work ( for a day )

I had posted on line that I needed staff so my email box has been filling up all day ....thx ( but no thanks ,thought I ) , u ( no ....you can't be serious
) , someone had " great ability to quickly move the hand , together with the arm , or the two hands to grasp, manipulates and assembles objects"... Together with a " remarkable ability to make fast, simple movements of the fingers, hands and wrists".... They also had "immense ability to add, subtracts , multiply and divides" .... Not in my cafe love!

Someone applied regarding the pizza chef job....er, wrong ad love! ( but he was u and ur all the way through) , someone else who was Scottish ( I may have been swayed!) had barista experience.....yep.....last worked in a cafe 7 years ago! So I shall sort and sift through and give some of them a call to come in and try out next week! Give me strength

I finally finished at 1.05 and dashed for the train at 1.10pm . Home via the bakers for a meat pie for me and my boy ( only because there were no sausage rolls left!) then sat myself down and watched Eastenders ....doofdoofdoofadoofdoof.....who dunnit? Who cares.....hurry up and put us out our misery waiting!

My great , big tall Labrador was so happy to see me! We've just watered the veg patch together ....well I watered , he ran like a dafty all around it! Heavy rain and hot sun have made the pumpkin runners grow even more.

Has anyone ever grown pumpkins before? Do they go a bit crazy with runners growing everywhere? Or should I snip off the runners?

Stepped away from the telly ( have rather been sat in front every afternoon watching UK TV) and wrote a big, long email to a friend back home.

That's my lot! Payday, thank goodness! Was down to an almost threadbare bank account .


Have a happy Thursday

ampersand

mhags - the weights and worries of being Manage[Well]Meant:-)
Leave they pungkins alone....borrow judi's 'Let 'er go' or better in Oz, 'Let 'er rippppp!'
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mcculloch - matters mandoline made me 'eeek!' too. Any thing cutty, slicey - & is a natural cutter, burner and faller-overer and have said so before. 'I feel your pain' is a literal, not a figurative.

1. Like DD, ash on forehead last night and time of pause, then out to Such a Sky! Now it begins.

2. Need to get things to gbf pair heading to forever Spain Tues. Suddenly it's here, happening, fast.

3. The black green tea of Lent and choice is no hardship[so probably isn't Lent-est]

4. sparrer's soup works, way more than that! Delicious alright - it's official AND printed out for posterity and pass-on, named for its creator:-). Only thing - drawer front fell off as & extracted blitzer....which didn't work either, even with fuse change. Much tatie masher exercise brought about a good result. Quadrupled quantities. No problem there.
Fruit phone has also failed to marche depuis hier soir - the sensor up/down/sideways pad is not responding or else goes randomly bonkers.
The 3 breakage Rule[+gate latch ring last week] being now satisfied in 12 hours,*** no further 'calamities' are needed, esp. those with cost implications. Fates: take note.
Man Plans, God Laughs.

5. One of &'s em addies is being newly visited by ludicrous paypal phishing epistles. 'It's 'cos we care about yous moneys. Let us know. At Once. Yur sincerly, kenny j.' gives a flavour...that one from some 'deirdre' on cloud. I suppose some people must be caught, Why else do it? Not to travel hopefully, surely?
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Raced through The Rosie Project -
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/05/rosie-project-graeme-simsion-review

Enjoyable, yes - dunno though....

***-not to forget tyre blast, which I apparently did.

judi - checking out Let Her Go here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ginx7WKq5GE

-old lady lunettes excuse. 'Is he stark...?' thought immediate.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Decluttered

Cider with! Management! French Toast!

Just quickie this eve, as outs with BoPsie inn a mo. Club of Camera competition night!


1 Never hanker on!

VJsmum

Evening all

DD sorry it's all carp at work. Seems par for the course these days.
Mhagster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aObZJN9zDtA

McC - hope you're ok
Dfor V - mmm home made pizza. i keep meaning to have a go at a sourdough crust.

Pleasures for last few days

1. Seeing the snowdrops and the crocuses out. And one superb out and proud daffodil :T
2. Was supposed to be investigating officer at work. But the student didn't turn up - so he'll be guilty then
3. Was going to say "freezer surprise" for tea - it was prawn curry. For some reason i reacted really badly to it and spent the evening virtually unconscious on the sofa :eek: I think it is sulphites. The pleasure is that i have made a decision to go see the doctor for tests - this can't be right, i have been having more reactions of late - but not as dramatic as that one. Thudding heart, banging head, unconscious - pretty much.
4. We were going to have a family day out today - but DS chickened out at 5.55 when we tried to get him up. So with the shocking weather, we abandoned it. Instead OH went to work and i worked here this morning and then we met in town for lunch and went to a CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) afternoon concert. Fabulous stuff, virtually sold out. Mind from the audience, you'd have thought it was 50 shades of grey ..... hair :rotfl:
5. Freezer lasagne for tea - lets hope its not so much of a surprise.

Kittikins

1. Another, one of many, many, MANY needed NSDs with DD's imminent school change.


2. Went to the rainforest this afternoon with DD, using our annual ticket on its last day No, not the Amazonian one, but a former orchid farm!


3. She took loads of photos for me, which will be used to decorate my classroom next week


4. Went to a local library that I've not set foot in for probably 30 years, and it may well soon become our library of choice after Saturday morning tennis lessons! Lots of scrumptious books for us to enjoy


5. I've just discovered £12 in my paypal acct, yippee!

ampersand

vjm - your light's on. Please check here:
http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/food-poisoning/shellfish-toxins.html

When I read your no.3, my memory[post passim] of the scombroid poisoning which arose out of nowhere and was very.very scary, felt like some close parallel.

VJsmum

Thanks ampersand

The word anaphylaxis is pretty scary :eek:

I have reacted before to other stuff - dried fruit, frozen berries, wine, Doritos, nuts etc. but this was the first time I have reacted I prawns, but it was extreme, I did wonder if it was the freezing process.

I am going to get me to a doctor.

ampersand

Do that. Be wise for yourself, not just for others[we're all expert in that one]
It was sheer luck that Dr S honed in on rape pollen for &-special field of research/interest and his comment of more happening nowadays as human reactions were 'morphing' faster and mutating .

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I'm taking the liberty of printing the whole of Celia Lashlie's letter here:

Opinion & Comment


When We walk to the Edge of All the Light… (16 February 2015)


“The seductive nature of the modern world allows us as human beings to believe we are in charge. In today’s world we think we are in charge. Technological advances and intellectual knowledge we continue to acclaim, leaves us with the sense that we are in control and that there is enough time to achieve what it is we want to achieve.

We become complacent about the need to take care of ourselves… always something more to do. Some of this is driven by our desire to save the world, others driven by the desire we have to reach the many goals we have set ourselves - many of them superficial.
The simple reality is that we are not in charge and that moment of realisation comes to us when we learn of the fragility of the human spirit. For some, that lesson comes unexpectedly and hard.
Late last year I slowly became unwell. The stress of the lifestyle I was living, the demands I made of myself, the demands other people made of me and expected to meet became too great and as 2014 closed I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had spread to my liver. No treatment, no cure, only palliative care. I’d waited too long to look after myself and my body broke.
To say that it was and is a shock is a major understatement. and as I look at the amazing family and group of friends I’m surrounded with as I now travel a different journey warms my heart. At the same time, there are feelings of trepidation about what lies ahead.

I’m now focused on the moments of magic that are appearing in front of me: The laughter of my grandchildren; a smile of a friend attempting to walk this journey with me and the pure beauty and strength of my adult children as they battle their anger, grief and sadness at what is happening to their beloved mother.
It’s time to leave the work to others now.
My wish is that others will learn to stop before I did, to take into account the limitations of their physical bodies and to take the time to listen to the yearnings of their soul. It is in the taking care of ourselves we learn the ability to take care of others.
“When we walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen :
There will be something solid for you to stand on, or, you will be taught to fly.”
“Faith” by Patrick Overton - “The Leaning Tree”

R,I.P. Celia Lashlie - but keep on making plenty of right noises.
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And, as on judi's Thread[which I hi-jacked for the purpose:-)], these are her son-/daughter-/family-wise talks on radio New Zealand:

http://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/celia-lashie